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Date:      Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:27:35 -0400
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Two kinds of advisories?
Message-ID:  <20000713142735.K4034@jade.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000713141936.69079D-100000@fledge.watson.org>; from rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 02:21:09PM -0400
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20000713120631.04d53b60@localhost> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000713141936.69079D-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 02:21:09PM -0400, Robert Watson wrote:

> That was the whole point of putting "ports" in there in the first place, a
> relatively recent change.  The advisories are very careful to distinguish
> the ports/packages from the base system, and to disclaim responsibility
> for them.  I think we've done the right thing as it stands.  At some
> point, people will need to understand that distinction for themselves.

Well, it is when we do it right. See the "ports advisory" for the recent
ipopts pagefault stuff.

-- 
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect / Computer Horizons Corp - CHIMES
e-mail: billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org





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